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A playground slide is tucked into the rooftop folds of this children's centre in a coastal South Korean village by Seoul studio JYA-RCHITECTS (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Danish fashion label Ganni has opened a UK store in London's Soho that's been completed with homely, pastel-tone interiors created in collaboration with Stamuli Architecture. Read more

In the second announcement from Rem Koolhaas’ office today, OMA have unveiled their designs to convert a 5400 square metre 1960s pavilion in Stalinist-era Gorky Park in Moscow into a new venue for the Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture. (more…) View the full article

While OMA is busy finalising designs for a new home for the Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture in Moscow, the arts organisation has temporarily moved into a pavilion with cardboard columns by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Narrow skylights create bands of light across the red bright ceiling of a sheltered school courtyard in Porto, Portugal. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Spanish architects Carlos Pereda Iglesias and Óscar Pérez Silanes have completed a jewellery shop in Bilbao divided by rippled glass screens. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Garcia Tamjidi Architecture Design has created a black and white office space for beauty brand incubator Kendo, featuring glossy surfaces that reflect views of San Francisco's skyscrapers. Read more View the full article

British company Garçon Wines has come up with a new way to package wine that cuts back on the costs and carbon emissions of transport. Read more

This Tokyo five-storey townhouse by Japanese architect Ryue Nishizawa is fronted by a stack of gardens. (more...) View the full article

Belgian studio De Smet Vermeulen Architecten designed this angular timber-clad cottage to create a music room in the garden of a house it designed over ten years ago near the village of Sint-Martens-Latem (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The charity set up to deliver Thomas Heatherwick's £185 million Garden Bridge has acted legally and responsibly, according to a formal inquiry called for by London mayor Sadiq Khan. Read more View the full article

Thomas Heatherwick's Garden Bridge has moved one step closer to reality with the appointment of a building contractor, despite calls for the project to be halted from a number of key figures. (more…) View the full article

The plug should be pulled on the contentious Thomas Heatherwick-designed Garden Bridge, despite over £45 million of public money already bound up in the project, according to a new report. Read more View the full article

French studio Dank Architectes wanted to make this minimalist apartment they designed near Lyon look "more alive" in the photographs, so they staged scenes depicting the days before and after a messy party. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: garden trade show Spoga+Gafa invites young designers to enter their Garden Goes Balcony design competition for the chance to win a share of €12,500 and exhibit as part of Garden Unique, which takes place at Koelnmesse in Cologne from 4 to 6 September. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Ornamental doors and windows sit within recesses that appear to have been carved away from the coarse granite walls of this mausoleum in Minneapolis by American architecture firm HGA (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This park in Xi’an, China, by international architects West 8 recently opened to the public and contains red bridges offering vantage points. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: a personalised flower generated by an algorithm has won the wallpaper category in the Samsung Mobile Design Competition. Read more View the full article

London Design Festival 2013: sound machines that transform and distort visitors' voices feature in this interactive installation by Japanese designer Yuri Suzuki (+ slideshow + movie). (more...) View the full article

French architecture studio Marion Bernard Agency added a geometric concrete structure into the back yard of a Marseille townhouse to transform the neglected space into an outdoor living room (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Belgian architect Indra Janda has used translucent polycarbonate shingles to create a garden room at her parent's home. Read more View the full article

Imagine waking up in a glass bedroom by the waterside on a remote Finnish island. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch office Serge Schoemaker Architects meticulously arranged different-sized sections of plywood that "fit together seamlessly like a jigsaw puzzle" across the interior of this angular garden studio. (more...) View the full article

Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has completed a hotel in Miyazaki where guest rooms and dining areas surround a central courtyard and wedding chapel (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Gardens can be found on all the different levels of this house in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, designed by Vo Trong Nghia Architects. Read more